The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - To encourage survey completion, the department offered trainings to providers on the data collection surveys and sent weekly e ‑mail reminders to remind providers to submit their data before the deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Most of the decrease in fee revenu e would result in fewer supplemental payments to private hospitals. There also will be less revenue available to fund existing service levels in Medi ‑Cal, which the administration estimates will cost $652  million General Fund in 2026 ‑27 to backfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - Following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in 2023, the department has continued a number of thes e protocols in accordance with federal and state guidance and this funding supports these continued measures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Under the health trailer bill, pharmacy benefit managers must now receive licenses from th e Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to operate in California. To maintain licensure, these entities must (1)  act in a payor ’s best interests; (2)  submit financial statements to DMHC; and (3)  submit drug pricing data to HCAI, among other requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - How much of these savings accru e to California, however, is uncertain. California could choose to continue streamlining eligibility policies, even absent federal enforcement of the new rules. Recoupments for Excess Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - The notabl e reduction has been attributed to recent federal policy changes around Medicaid drug rebates. …While Newer Blood Sugar ‑Regulating Drugs Have Increased Spending. Though the share of spending on insulin appears to have declined, spending on certain other diabetes ‑related drugs increased considerably.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - While we project overall caseload to continue to decline, the senior caseload has been increasing for reasons w e discuss below. Recent Surge in Senior Caseload Driving Increase in Costs. From January 2024 through July 2024, we have observed a sharp increase in Medi-Cal enrollment among the senior population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - For exampl e, dyadic services are provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, whereas MHSA funds can be used for a broader population. CYBHI efforts also are relatively standardized statewide, whereas MHSA services are tailored to meet local needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - In particular, spending for Hispanic/Latino consumers is about half that for white consumers on averag e. (We raised concerns about spending disparities in a previous analysis , which provides additional context on this topic.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - For August   2020 t hrough December  2020, the administration assumes monthly caseload growth of 155, 000 e nrollees. Based on updated actuals through December 2020, the average monthly growth has been roughly 6, 000 e nrollees ( 4  p ercent) lower than assumed by the administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373